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We wouldn't blame anyone for being indifferent with the state of the PC hardware market right now. The most recent GPU hardware launch was in January, and while we've seen new CPUs drop from AMD, they didn't exactly set enthusiasts' hearts ablaze. What we need is a paradigm shift, a truly new product that hasn't...
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Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 Pro lineup might be struggling to generate sales during the opening weekend of pre-orders, but battery testing by Geekerwan shows a big boost to battery life that might entice potential buyers to make a move. Specifically, the iPhone 16 Pro Max looks like it might be king of the hill in...
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The Tor Project is seeking to allay fears that its veil of privacy has been pierced. A new report on German efforts to remove illicit content from the Tor network spiked fears that law enforcement had devised a way to unmask users of the service. According to the project, the attacks leveraged in the German case don't...
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A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report accuses social media and video streaming sites of engaging in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize personal information, while failing to adequately protect children and teens.
The government’s battle with social media is nothing new. The US Senate...
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NASA’s Webb telescope tells an elliptical and spiral galaxy to say “Cheese!” The image is a composite of images, combining observations from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) and NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of a pair of galaxies collectively known as Arp 107.
The pair of galaxies, located 465 million...
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Apple has launched iOS 18 for iPhone, and it comes packed with notable changes. Noticeably absent is the much ballyhooed Apple Intelligence, however. If you are updating to iOS 18, there are a few tweaks that you may want to do. This will apply to both current models, as well as those receiving their new iPhone 16...
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In just two months from now, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will take flight on Windows PCs and Xbox Series X|S game consoles. For those who intend to pilot the gamer on the former platform, we now know what kind of hardware you'll need for your gaming cockpit. The minimum specifications are pretty tame by today's...
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It wasn't exactly a secret that Sony was working on a PlayStation 5 Pro refresh—practically anyone who is plugged into the tech scene knew it was coming, and sure enough Sony unveiled the upgraded console last week. What most people probably didn't see coming, however, was a follow-up announcement of a 30th...
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Bruce Nesmith is a guy whose name you may never heard even if you're a big fan of Bethesda's games. He got his start working with famed Dungeons & Dragons publisher TSR on Apple II games, and joined Bethesda as early as 1995, where he was credited as a designer on The Elder Scrolls: Chapter II - Daggerfall. Nesmith...
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HP EliteBook 1040 Gen11 (Starts at $1,699, $2,099 as tested) HP's 11th Elitebook 1040 is a workhorse of a laptop with a minimalist, thin and light design with a solid feature set for business users. Great All-Day Battery Life Slim Size And Light Weight Minimal Pre-Installed Bloatware Extremely Quiet Operation Standard...
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The European Union has launched what it refers to as “specification proceedings” in an effort to ensure that Apple is meeting its obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), after the commission made it known that it would be investigating the company's behavior. The two proceedings will take place over the next...
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YouTube unveiled new creation tools at its annual Made on YouTube event aimed at helping creators build communities by enhancing viewer interaction and creator monetization. From YouTube Veo to the new Community Hub, there were plenty of announcements to help creators big and small.
Just What Is Veo
Dream Screen...
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If you are a fan of small form factor PC cases, Fractal Design has just unveiled its Era 2. Coming in at a healthy $199 MSRP, the case will be available in three distinct colors. silver, blue, and gray form the palette for the exterior, with an elegant solid walnut wood piece on top. The anodized aluminum is gorgeous...
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Astronomers have detected the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen. The pair spans 23-million light-years, or the equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back.
According to NASA, supermassive black holes are millions to tens of billions times the mass of the Sun. A census using the Hubble Space...
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Toyota has announced plans to take a Supra to the Repco Australian Supercars Championships in 2026, taking on the likes of V8-powered stalwarts like Ford Mustangs and Chevy Camaros. To do that, Toyota Australia will be stuffing a modified GR Supra with the sweet 2UR-GSE V8 from the top-dawg Lexus LC500 and...
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Minisforum is far from a stranger to the mini PC scene, and is often out there employing the latest silicon in its miniaturized systems. That isn't about to change. To the contrary, the company has taken to Weibo, a massive social media site in China, to tease an upcoming EliteMini AI370 mini PC built around AMD's...
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If you're interested in picking up a PlayStation 5 Pro console, you still have to wait a few weeks before preorders officially open. However, some major retailers have already prepped preorder pages, including Amazon and Best Buy, and it makes sense to bookmark one or both—you can never be too prepared for a new...
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Bose is sticking it to Apple's newly announced AirPods 4 with the QuietComfort Earbuds. Deemed an "everyday" device, the QuietComfort combines Bose's legendary active noise cancelling (ANC) prowess, audio performance, water resistance, long battery life, and affordability, into a more compact package over its...
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Palworld, the first game to become a hit in 2024, now finds itself at the center of a legal battle. The game’s developer, Pocketpair, is being sued by Nintendo alongside The Pokémon Company. In a statement, Nintendo says that “this lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the...
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Has Microsoft lost the current-generation console war? That's a loaded question, but if strictly looking at the number of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles sold versus how many PlayStation 5 systems are in the wild, then the answer is yes, and it really hasn't been a close fight—Sony's PS5 unit sales to date...
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The Rockstar Games Launcher on PC just got another update yesterday, and along with the patch came down yet more evidence of a forthcoming release for the first Red Dead Redemption game on PC. We knew this was happening; the same fellow who sniffed out the new evidence, found strings buried in the Rockstar Launcher...
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Electronic Arts is making big claims about how it leverages AI for its business, as it looks to keep current projects on track, according to the presentation executives made during this year’s Investor Day. CEO Andrew Wilson stressed the importance of AI, noting that “this remarkable technology is not merely a...
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